Individually quick frozen (IQF) rabbiteye blueberry cultivars
‘Brightwell’ and ‘Powderblue’ from the first and second harvests of
the year 2010 were selected for this study. Blueberries were
machine graded as A and C (US Department of Agriculture-
Agricultural Marketing Services, 22 FR 3535 x52.613). The frozen
blueberries were obtained in 13.6 kg boxes from Alma Pak Industries
(Alma, GA) and stored at below 18 C until used.